removing steering wheel

[Magicman]

Yup, as soon as the lock washer makes contact, stop tightening. There is no need to compress it.

 

[lugbolt]

ironic that this post came back up. I had to fight with a stuck steerin wheel today, not kubota but the same design nonetheless.

I use a bearing separator or some call them bearing splitters. It clam shells around the shaft and you screw the two halves together so that it will sit under the steering wheel. I drilled and tapped it for three 3/8-16 holes, and use a harmonic balancer puller. It mostly works. Every once in a while at work I'll get one that's just stubborn and in that case, usually breaks the steering wheel, which then makes it easier to just cut the remainder off. Split it up the side with a dremel or cutoff wheel, then use a chisel to split it the rest of the way, it then just falls off.

 

[BillL47]

On my '87 B8200 the steel hub inside the plastic wheel had untapped holes. Just happened to be the correct size for 1/4-20 tap (#7 drill). I took a 1/8" thick piece of steel laying around and drilled three hole to match. I had some old bearing balls from a CV joint and used it (against a divot from 1/2" drill bit) to center the plate.

After trying all the other methods short of damage, three 1.5" 1/4-20 hex bolts snugged up then it came right loose.

Don't damage the internal parts, plastic bodys, or hit it with a hammer It took all of 15 minutes to make the puller from scrap items on hand. No mill, no lathe, just a tap and drill operation. The right tool makes nearly any impossible job easy.